Unlock the Secrets of Off Camera Flash: a Beginner's Guide!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 18 มี.ค. 2023
- In this video, I demonstrate how easy flash is to use off-camera. It's a beginner's guide. Learn the secrets in minutes!
A couple of weeks ago, I headed to a disused runway full of incredible old rusty military vehicles, including this remarkable Mig Jet.
I knew the jet was at the location and I wanted to photograph it in a different way from the norm. As a Professional Photographer of 20 years, I have a passion for creative lighting, i.e. Off-Camera-Flash. This is why I decided to use this technique to show the Mig off in all it's glory.
Even though I was up against time, I thought I would create a "how to" guide so you guys can not only follow along but give it a go yourselves too.
Cheap Flash
I used a Yongnuo 560 MKIV Flash that I purchased brand new for £39 five years ago. I was surprised just how much these flashes have increased in price post-covid. They're still excellent flashes though!
Where is the runway and Mig?
I'll be making a few more videos from here in the coming weeks but please don't ask me where it is. The site is on an active military base in the UK. Being ex-RAF does have its perks I guess!
Thanks to Lee for an epic couple of days and to Martyn for the heads-up.
Hope you enjoy the video
Gary
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I wish every photographer taught this way Gary. I actually think other photographers deliberately leave settings out, but you teach those essential details and I’m so grateful I found your channel. As for the photoshop bit, it’s just knowing how to use layers an the brush tool, so I’m good there. Thank you Gary!
Kind of you to say. Cheers 👍👍
I was too poor to support my family until God connected me with Mr. David Martin who changed my life financially.
Pointing out that the meter in the middle just means an average of a mid exposure & not an 'appropriate' exposure would be good for beginners. Beginners think 'proper or correct' exposure means they will get what they see.
Really like the way you never talk down to your viewers and you accept that it sometimes takes a while to process the information.
Gary you are making every day a school day lately, great variety of subjects the last couple of weeks 👏👏👏
But you did seem quite excited shooting this Vlog 🤣🤣🤣
Thank you 👍
Been practising your Model Training: Drifting Slowly and Eyes Back to the Camera. I discovered recently that I get the best expressions if I'm quick enough to take the shot while the model is still moving, rather than when she comes to a resting point or holds/stops for a moment.
Thank you for making the basics of off-camera flash photography accessible! This is probably the clearest explanation I've come across.
Olympus/OM cameras allow this to be done in-camera using "live composite mode". The camera shoots a sequence of images but only records any changes in the image then stacks them in camera to produce the finished picture. It's designed for light painting.
If you have parts of the scene that are just that 'bit' to high to reach...glue a hot shoe onto a walking stick ( or something along those lines ) then you can lift the flash up higher ! Works well on building where there's a feature you might not normally get ;-)
Or adapt a mono-pod. That will also provide the ability to adjust the extension height to the extent of the mono-pod length.
A fantastic tutorial as always The best You Tuber by a country mile!!!! I wondered what happened to part 3?
Cheers Peter 👍👍
I did struggle with off camera flash until this tutorial! Thank you so much Gary! This is so easy to understand ❤
And I have to say Gary, I always love watching your videos, but this one was out of the park. Absolutely fantastic. I have just bought a godox flash and trigger and was thinking about going out and trying something like this. It couldn’t have come at a better time thank you very much. Very much appreciated.🎉🎉🎉❤
What a great idea. I us3d to mess like this yeara ago in the camera club never thought to video it haha. I now need to find that plane haha
Be warned Paul, Off Camera flash is infectious 😁😁 hope you’re well? xx
@Gary Gough I used to follow a couple people back in the day. You are good at it. I am well thanks. Uou
Fantastic! Demystifying off camera flash. Guess what I'm going to try next!!! Hahaha
This is an outstanding tutorial. Thank you.
Very kind, thank you 👍👍
Thank you for this video! I ran across your Top 10 Mach Loop Guide, and then saw this video. The Black and White edit of the MiG is amazing.
Cheers 👍👍
I'm going out this week for my first attempt at using the flash.
Wish me luck
You won’t need luck, it’s a science. Just follow the steps shown 👍👍
Simple and easy understand approach. Thanks Gary!
Very well explained. Thank you very much.
Amazing tutorial, thank you
Really good, Gary. Many thanks.
More great inspiring content. Thank you.
Spot On Tutorial 👍 thanks Gary 🙏
Awesome work Gary, enjoyed this very much 👍👍
Thanks for the tips! Have saved this video for later use!
Terrific and love light painting in images Gary 👍🏽
great tutorial, thanks for sharing!!
Great tutorial Gary I will definitely be giving this a try.
Awesome ❤.... Excellent simple. Many thanks 👍
Thank you, Gary. This is first on my list to practice.
Love this , great tutorial as always and fantastic shot of the MiG , definitely something im going to have to try.
Beautiful, tks for the wonderful tutorial, Gary!
As always. Thanks, Gary, for the education. It is much appreciated
Well explained tutorial. thank you for sharing..
Nice video Gary. Keep up the good work. ❤
Thank you so much for sharing this inform. I am so grateful 🙂
Throughly enjoyed that one! Nice coat by the way 😊
Brilliant straightforward easy to follow will definitely be trying this thanks Gary
Really beautiful
Very clear and an excellent guide to experimenting with off camera flash. Thanks.
Good teacher .thank you
You are welcome
Excellent video Gary more info in this video that a 100 others on the subject ! thankfully Lee left his mankini at home 😀 really loved the colour version of the Mig. Thank you.
That's really cool, thanks for the info
You are simply the best on TH-cam in explaining and showing your work. Amazing job
Great video and different to the usual landscape. Time to get a remote flash trigger :)
Gary it's years since I used flash, probably back in the film days lol, awesome tutorial, must go and dig out the old flash. Thanks for sharing.
This is simply awesome technique. Never seen this before anywhere. I am so glad that I came across your TH-cam channel.
Gary, I just happened upon your channel. I’m so happy that I found you. You taught in a simple way that I could understand. Your photos looked fantastic. Can’t wait to learn more from you
Gary bedankt voor je uitleg het was heel duidelijk 😉
Very welcome, thanks
Thanks Gary, great info!
Cheers 👍👍
Awesome content GG x
Thank you soooo much!!!
Another great video Gary.
You explain all your video's brilliantly so that everyone can understand.
Absolutely brilliant image's.
When doing something like the plane can this be done in Lightroom as i don't have Photoshop.
Thank you Gary for the info on the flash off camera i love it.
Very welcome 👍
Excellent video. Thankyou very much .
Cheers Wayne 👍👍
I was lucky enough to go on one of Gary's wedding photography courses many years ago. He is absolutely brilliant. Teaches you everything you need to know and more. Good to see you are still teaching Gary. Keep up the amazing work :-)
Class Gary! I have two of those flashes, and sat here gutted I couldn’t come with you in that day! Superb images pal 😍👍
Next time! 👍👍
simple and perfect Gary.
Cheers 👍👍
excellent video thank you
Thank you
Good stuff here, Sir Gary. Liked and subbed!
Cheers. Blimey, that’s an old video. Plenty of newer ones to choose from 👍👍
Really nice 😊
That is Genius Gary, very well explained as well. Thank you, from a beginner photographer.
Very welcome 👍👍
Thank you Gary for explaining this technique in a concise and easy to follow way. I will need to try it and see if it is really this easy. Ken
It really is 👍👍
Found that very helpful.
Cheers 👍👍
The "Mig" is a Sukhoi
You just won a subscriber Gary! A quality video that will come in hand in the future, speaking about me going deep into the outdoors flash photography. I have one question thought, I have read an article about how the shutter speed affects the power of the off flash due to the speed sync. Is it a myth or a precaution I need to be aware of? Looking forward to your answer, thank you!
Beautiful. I wish you would have been more descriptive on paint brush and layers. That would’ve really helped.
Very informative and well presented Gary. I've been wanting to learn all about flash for some time now, you make it look really straightforward. BTW, was that North Landing, Flamborough in the 1st part?
Cheers Dave. I think it was North landing 👍👍
Love to learn more about flash, always a black art to me.
ThankYou My Friend !!!!!!!!!!!!!! :) :) :)
Great Tutorial Gary! The samples you have shown for portraiture are only using one flash, correct? Thank you!
Awesome ❤
Thank you! Cheers!
Gary great video, can you use more than 1 flash for the same effect ??
Cheers Gary that was awesome. Where abouts is that awesome Mig please. If OK of course 👍
It's in a secret location in England. I'm sure you can Google it though ;)
@@GaryGough thanks Gary for the reply 👍
Very good indeed. Could a similar effect be made by light painting with a torch?
thanks gary cant wait to get out there and try this but somehow know it won't be to your level lol
Thank you Gary that was really interesting, but could you give me a little more info about the trigger. Do I need to set anything up in camera first so it recognises the trigger, and also the flash, are there any settings in camera for that? What make trigger is it, Sorry for all the questions, but it's something I would really like to try.
Looks like a lot of Fun Gary, is it possible to blend in Lightroom, just not a confident Photoshop user??
Absolutely brilliant content. Thanks for providing. I never used off camera flash lights, but your nice vlog has made me curious to test it. Thanks a lot. By the way I have seen almost of of your you tube videos, and I am happy to had the chance to step in and learning so much about photography.
Thanks
Cheers Chris
Cheers Chris 👍👍
Hi gary just a quick question, I have a canon 5d mark iii and canon 430ex speedlite will a X1T-C godox wireless trigger work with the speedlite off camera thanks 😊
Thanks for this Gary, you've made it so very clear! Now to buy a remote flash, I have checked on ebay and they sell the flash you referred to and a trigger for around 120 USD, can you recommend a trigger or do you use the Yongnuo YN560 IV YN560IV Speedlite 2.4G Wireless Flash Light +YN560TX II trigger? I can then head down to my local MIG 15,17,19, 21, 23, 25 and 27 museum and have a field day! Cheers.
PS - the downside of Sony is that their hotshoes don't work with many 3rd party triggers and off camera flash..... another down side of being a Sony owner
amzn.to/3THukzM
Ensure you buy the right one for your camera make/model. Cheers 👍
If you didn't have a trigger for your flash, could you use a long exposure, self timer and fire the flash from your hand when the shutter's open Gary?
Thinking about dawn and dusk architectural images?
You can as long as the ambient light is low enough to warrant a long shutter 👍👍 Unless there is movement in the frame of course
Hi Gary,
A bit ashamed to have to admit to having misplaced the videos of the 7 part post processing course. I know I have them safely tucked away somewhere on my computer, but after a fair bit of searching around I have not so far tracked them down. Can I download them again, or is there an easy way to pinpoint just where they are, and to be able to start out again to try to make a better job of printing some stuff. Hoping there is a magic wand, which I can shake at my computer. It would be better than going out tone garage for that big lump hammer. !!
On second thoughts a bit of practice with the lump hammer might not be such a bad thing.
Gary, how did you take the cockpit flash pictures? Was the inside of the cockpit accessible or was the flash placed just outside it and it created the necessary ambiance?
Just flashed it through the glass.
What triggers are you using?
Can this technique be done by a flashlight (torchlight) to light painting the subject.
Fantastic, and what's even better I know where those aircraft are, I'm surprised you didn't take pictures of the old Russian attack helicopter or the tank. I'm a complete novice I've just ordered the Yongnuo YN560-IV but could you tell me what remote trigger I need for the hot shoe on my camera, which is an EOS 1300D, please?
I think one of these will do the trick "Yongnuo YN560-TX"
@@GaryGough Thanks Gary 👍
What flash triggers are you using? Assume as you say that the flash doesn't need a receiver on it?
Looks great but that’s a lot of photoshop work and not everyone’s as adept at the editing as you are, would be good to see the editing process in full… 👍🇬🇧
Wow - consider mind blown, of to google mpb for a camera flash, would those Migs be anywhere near North Wales
Cheers Paul, they’re north of England m8, sorry
@Gary Gough not a problem have camera, will travel
still looks like black magic to me :) I think the flash YN560 are around £100
The location can be found with a bit of help from Uncle Google, so it should be stressed that you should always seek to to ask permission to visit the area and respect the answer.
The answer will always be no unless escorted. As its trespassing an active site.
and what is the brand for the trigger? thanks
amzn.to/3THukzM
Ensure you buy the right one for your camera make/model. Cheers 👍
Hi Gary How did you trigger the shutter remotely while walking around the subject?
😍🥰🥰🥰🥰
That plane is Su 20 or 22. Not mig
not sure but it looked to me like mig 21.
Su-22M4 for sure
You didn't tell us what you are holding in your hand to trigger the camera/flash?
Hi Wayne, amzn.to/3THukzM
Ensure you buy the right one for your camera make/model. Cheers 👍
Never mind off camera, it's a bit off piste I reckon :)
So sad Tow-mater was thrown away.
I thought this was called light painting.
Loved it until the Photoshop bit. Doesn’t do it for me. Great earlier images
You lose me whenever you start talking Photoshop I don’t photoshop I am a naturalist.